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Austin, Texas, United States

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In 1979 as the hospice movement was getting started in this country, a group of citizens concerned that virtually 100% of the deaths in Austin were happening in hospitals, approached a young oncologist, Dr. John Sandbach, about the feasibility of starting a hospice here. Research was done, a board was formed, and Hospice Austin served its first patient in 1980. While many for-profit national hospice chains have opened in the area in the last few years, Hospice Austin continues its tradition of not-for-profit hospice care.

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Services: <div class="inner"><p>Hospice Austin has provided compassionate medical, emotional and spiritual care for terminally ill people and their loved ones in Central Texas for the past 30 years. They offer expert pain and symptom management; medications and medical equipment delivered to the patient's home; an in-patient facility, Hospice Austin's Christopher House; and volunteer and bereavement services in Travis, Bastrop, Williamson, Hays and Caldwell counties. <br><br>Hospice Austin is not-for-profit; money left over after expenses goes back to patient care and community programs, not to investors. No one is ever denied care because of inability to pay.<br><br>Every patient has a hospice care team of nurse, social worker, chaplain, certified nurse's aid, and volunteer. Hospice Austin doctors work closely with the patient and patient's own physician to develop a plan of care.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="inner"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div><div>_</div>

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